Improvement in wagon end-gates



S. ID.v DAVIS.

- WAGONEND GATE.

No .1..90,290. n Patented May,1,`1877.

ATTURNEYS.

ILPETERS. PHOTOLITNDGRAH4ER, WASHINGTON. ILC.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

STEPHEN D. DAVIS, 0E MALVERN, IOWA..

IMPROVEMENT IN WAGON END-GATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 190,290, dated May 1, 1877; application filed i February 17, 1877.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, STEPHEN D. DAVIS, of Malvern, in the county-of Mills, and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Wagon-Bed Extension and End-Gate; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

The invention is an improvement in the class of Wagons having a hinged end-gate provided with side pieces, which serve to support it when adjusted in horizontal position.

The improvement relates to the construction ot' the end-gate, and the means for attaching it to the body of a wagon, so that it may be readily detached therefrom, when required, and will support the sides oi' the body when adjusted in vertical position, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, I show in side elevation a fragment ot' a wagon-body with my improved end-gate attached.

The wagon-body A may be constructed in the usual form. The hood shaped end-gate Bis composed of a bottom, a, tail-piece b, and sides c. 'lhe latter are broadened slightly at their inner ends, and extended beyond the hin ge-connection g, and provided with curved arms d, which, when the end-gate is in horizontal position, engage the lugs or hooks e attached to the sides f of the body A.

The end-gate is hinged to a cross-bar, D, and the latter is attached, by means of screwbolts g', to the end sill E ot' the wagon-bed. By removing the bolts g the endEgate and its supporting-bar D may be detached from the wagon-body.

The length of bar D and sill E is the same as the width of the wagon-body A, so that they do not interfere with the adjustment of the end-gate in vertical position. The end piece b of the gate braces the sides o c, and prevents them spreading apart when the endgate is horizontal, besides forming the end of the extended wagon-body, and preventing the escape of the contents thereof.

When the end-gate is closed-that is, raised to a Vertical position, as shown in full lines in drawing-the means for securing it in that position serve also to prevent the sides of the body A spreading apart. Said means are arms t', projecting horizontally from the end of the wagon body, and passing through holes in the bottom of the end-gate, and the keys h, which are inserted in slots in the ends ot' said arms. The latter support the sides c of the end-gate, and prevent them from being subjected to lateral'pressure or strain when the end-gate is in Vertical position.

By extending the inner ends of the sides c of the end-gate, as shown, the leverage is increased correspondingly, since the distance between the hinge or fulcrum g and the lugs or hooks e is thereby greater. lIhis extension of the sides c in the manner shown is rendered practicabie by the ends of the bar D,

moval of corn, potatoes, Sto., when the Wagonbody is full.

In combination with the Wagon-body having the slotted projecting arms i, side lugs e, and end sill E, the hinged end-gate, having the end piece b and extended sides c, provided with curved arms d, the detachable bar D, and screw-bolts g', all as shown and described.

STEPHEN D. DAVIS.

Witnesses: i

J. M. STRAHEM, R. J. BROWN. 

